Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at the age of 58 after losing his long battle with cancer.

The country's vice president, Nicolas Maduro, announced the death in a national television broadcast.

He said Chavez died at 4.25 pm local time "after battling a tough illness for nearly two years".

The fiery populist leader's condition had been said to be deteriorating in recent days.

He had been undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba on and off since June 2011 - when he was first diagnosed with the illness.

The announcement came just hours after Mr Maduro announced the government had expelled two US diplomats from the country.

He said "we have no doubt" that Chavez's illness was induced by foul play by "the historical enemies of our homeland".

The government announced late Monday that Chavez's condition was "very delicate" due to a "new, severe" respiratory infection.

Chevez had not been seen in public or heard since undergoing a fourth round of surgery in Cuba on December 11 in the pelvic area

The government said he returned home on February 18, and had been confined to Caracas' military hospital ever since.

During more than 14 years in office, Chavez routinely challenged the status quo at home and internationally.

He declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against US influence, championed a leftist revival across Latin America, and over time, gradually placed all state institutions under his personal control.

But the former army paratrooper commander, who rose to fame by launching a failed 1992 coup, never groomed a successor.

His death sets up a snap presidential election after his illness prevented him from taking the oath of office when he was re-elected last year.

Under the constitution, the head of Congress, Diosdado Cabello, would assume the interim presidency.

However, Mr Maduro is Chavez's self-annointed successor and has been holding the reigns since the president's health took a turn for the worse.

The man Chavez defeated in October's presidential elections, Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles, is expected to represent the opposition in any new national polls.

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His successor is a former bus driver who didn't graduate high school, but Chavez chose him as successor despite the Constitution recognizing the head of Congress as the interim president. Nicolas Maduro was chosen by Chavez for his loyalty to Chavez and his support of his socialist policies.

Today his self appointed successor claimed the US was responsible for infecting Chavez with cancer and said they would seek some type of retaliation and expelled two US diplomats:

Hours before Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died, his second-in-command accused enemies of giving him cancer and announced the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats for an alleged plot to destabilize the government.

"There's no doubt that Commandante Chavez's health came under attack by the enemy," Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in an address to the nation from the presidential palace.

"The old enemies of our fatherland looked for a way to harm his health,'' according to Maduro, drawing a parallel to the illness and 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, which some supporters blamed on poisoning by Israeli agents.

He said a special commission would investigate how Chavez, 58, ended up with the unspecified cancer that months of chemotherapy and radiation and four surgeries failed to tame.

State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said in a statement it was "absurd" to suggest that the U.S. was somehow involved in Chavez's illness.

Maduro accused one of them, David Delmonaco, of spying and meeting with Venezuelan military officials for nefarious purposes. The expulsion of the second, Devlin Kostal, was announced soon after.

Defense Department spokesman Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale said Delmonaco would be leaving Caracas and that Kostal was already in the U.S. and denied the allegations against them.

"We completely reject the Venezuelan government's claim that the United States is involved in any type of conspiracy to destabilize Venezuela government," he said.

Ventrell also dismissed the accusations.

As a result it doesn't sound like US-Venezuela relations will improve. Hugo Chavez called the US the great emperor and saw the US as a threat and believed the US sought a military coup against him in 2008. Chavez nationalized business and banks in Venezuela, telling the people he believed in "spreading the wealth'', much like Obama has done in the US after saying he wants to 'spread the wealth' and nationalizing the car industry with a bailout and the banks.

The president had not been seen in public for the three months but the cult of his personality kept his leadership alive.

Hugo Chavez was one of the most charismatic and controversial leaders of our time.

A master of the spotlight, his military fatigues and synthetic red tracksuits underlining his socialist credentials made him a photographer's dream.

Best of all were the shots that captured him with his pet parrot, named after a Venezuelan General, and sometimes sporting a tiny red beret to match his own.

No wonder he caught the imagination of Hollywood filmstars and directors. One day attending premieres with Oliver Stone, the next sharing jokes with Naomi Campbell.

Mr Chavez in a Cuban hospital with his daughters

Mr Chavez was a former soldier who was elected president in 1998, after being imprisoned for a failed coup seven years earlier.

His nineties brand of revolutionary socialism won him plenty of affection amongst the poor, with many of his supporters viewing him with almost religious reverence.

It was an emotional connection he was happy to milk on his weekly television show, Alo Presidente. The masses tuning in for his rambling poetry recitals and even stranger song and dance routines.

His country's vast oil reserves gave the president the money to tackle poverty, boosting spending on health and education. But corruption and mismanagement left the economy struggling and democracy withered under his rule.

An increasingly autocratic Mr Chavez changed the constitution to allow unlimited presidential terms, stamped hard on press freedom and nationalised many of the country's industries.

A natural firebrand, he didn't confine himself to Latin American politics. Instead he took on the West by courting fellow controversial figures like Cuba's Fidel Castro and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, forging a close alliance with Iran and offering Argentina support on the Falklands.

But Mr Chavez saved most of his wrath for the Americans, regularly referring to George W Bush as Mr Danger, and accusing Washington of "fighting terror with terror" in Afghanistan.

In one particularly bellicose statement in 2006 he appeared at the UN a day after the former American president and stated: "The Devil came here yesterday. It smells of sulphur still".

The Obama White House has expressed relief at Chavez's death and believe Hugo Chavez was trying to cause trouble between the US and Venezuela, and calling GWB "the Devil''. Obama has finally issued a short statement in response to the death of Hugo Chavez, stating that he hopes the people of Venezuela will reach out for democracy and peacful policies and respect for the rule of law. [That's almost laughable considering Obama has been following similar policies in the US and ignoring the rule of law when it comes to immigration, DOMA and nationaling banks and the auto industry.

US representatives and analysts see the death of Chavez as a blow for socialism and could be an opportunity for South American countries to revive their economies and move away from socialism. Cuba has the largest oil reserves in the world, but has given Cuba a lot of power in the world market despite competition with Saudi Arabia.

According to the AP, Chavez chosen successor Maduro is a loyalist who would keep Chavez legacy and policies in place.

However, "Maduro now faces the daunting task of rallying support in a deeply divided country while maintaining unity within his party's ranks.

Maduro decidedly lacks the vibrant personality that made Chavez a one-man political phenomenon in Venezuela, but he has the advantage of being Chavez's hand-picked successor.

The mustachioed 50-year-old former bus driver won Chavez's trust as a loyal spokesman who echoed the president's stances. How Maduro will lead in Chavez's absence remains to be seen, although he's widely known as both a skilled negotiator and a leader who views upholding his mentor's legacy as his personal crusade and responsibility.

One of the biggest tasks Maduro will likely face is attempting to hold together a diverse movement that includes radical leftists, moderates and many current and former military officers.

Analysts have speculated that differences might emerge between factions led by Maduro and Diosdado Cabello, the influential National Assembly president who is thought to wield power within the military. But thus far both men have denied such divisions and vowed to remain united.

After Chavez's Dec. 11 cancer surgery, Maduro stepped up his public appearances to fill the void, providing regular updates on the president's condition, calling for unity among allies and lambasting the opposition.

Maduro also showed how he could attempt to continue Chavez's socialist-inspired project. Speaking at one December rally, he vowed in vague terms to maintain policies that have angered the country's leading business federation, Fedecamaras, which was long at odds with the president.

"We aren't going to give dollars to Fedecamaras. What we're going to give them is pains, headaches with this Bolivarian Revolution," Maduro shouted, his voice hoarse. "I swear to you ... we're never going to betray the people of Venezuela!"

Chavez's deteriorating health led him on Dec. 8 to announce Maduro as his chosen successor. He said that if his illness prevented him from being sworn in on Jan. 10, government supporters should rally around Maduro and elect him president.

Maduro is expected to keep promoting programs such as free medical clinics staffed by Cuban doctors and subsidized food stores, which have endeared the president with the country's vast numbers of poor. Maduro has vowed to block a return to past policies that he said had benefited the wealthy.

"Our people will never again see the bourgeoisie plundering this country," Maduro said, adding, "Better to be dead than traitors to the people and to Chavez!"

That loyalty made Maduro a logical choice, political observers said.

"Maduro combines two characteristics that influenced Chavez in his decision to designate him as successor: first, his loyalty to the party leadership, and second, his positions in favor of popular measures," such as social programs for the poor, said Steve Ellner, a political scientist at Venezuela's University of Oriente.

In his youth, Maduro drove a bus for the Caracas Metro transit system and later became a union leader."

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Maduro "is perceived by Chavez as a negotiator with diplomatic skills who could potentially gather the support of the different factions and keep it united in the difficult months ahead," said Diego Moya-Ocampos, an analyst with the London-based consulting firm IHS Global Insight.

"Nevertheless, he is not necessarily perceived as such within all the top ranks of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela and the armed forces," Moya-Ocampos added.

Jennifer McCoy, a political science professor at Georgia State University, described Maduro as an easygoing man who has shown a willingness to talk with government opponents.

"He's always been someone who is easy to talk to," said McCoy, director of the Americas program at the Carter Center, which helped the Organization of American States facilitate dialogue between the government and opposition after a 2002 coup that briefly ousted Chavez.

Maduro was always willing "to discuss the issues, and I think that's really important going forward for Venezuela," McCoy said.

Before Chavez underwent his latest operation in December, he explained why he had chosen Maduro:

"He's one of the young leaders with the greatest ability to continue, if I'm unable to — God knows what he does — if I'm unable to, to continue with his firm hand, with his gaze, with his heart of a man of the people, with his gift for people, with his intelligence, with the international recognition he's earned, with his leadership, leading the presidency."

Now that Chavez has died will Obama reach out more to Venezuela and attend his funeral?? Many in Chavez party are pro-Cuba and pro-communist, however many countries have depended upon Chavez and Venezuela to keep their economies strong through the oil industry. However, there are many in the Chavez party who are not as socialist as Chavez, but his successor is seen as a hardline socialist like Chavez.

Do you support unification of TeaParty orgs,etc to take legal action against the liberal propaganda media, as well as boycotting of their sponsors? If you want to restore America we must act together and unify our groups to stop the liberal propaganda machine from smearing Conservatives and covering for the socialist/communist Obama, liberal agenda!

Do you oppose the moral and cultural decay of our country and the decline of our education system?? Then we must act now and work together to take back the education system, whether by homeschooling, private schooling or getting more involved in the public education system at the local level.

If you are not aware by now, after the re-election of Obama, the direction our country is heading is very dire. I fear by the time Obama is done with his four more years, it will be too late and we will all be equally poor and oppressed. I believe we need to take action before that happens and before 2014 and 2016!

Sadly, like others I have my doubts those who re-elected this moron will not learn from their mistakes, but am hopeful if we fall completely they will wakeup, but fear that by then it will be too late. I think we need to organize against the media and take back the message. I also think we need to take back the message in schools where our children are being taught about social justice, anti-capitalism, and distorted versions of history rather than the facts. Those who do not know their history are doomed to repeat it.

My Solutions/Ideas To Change Direction

1) I don't know exactly how we can go after the media other than boycotting sponsors of the liberal propagandists and/or a class action lawsuit by we the people organized by the tea party movement?? They need to be sued for media malpractice and being complicit in keeping the truth from the public, not vetting Obama properly, protecting him from the scandals surrounding his admin from fast&furious to Benghazi, Solyndra/green energy loans,etc. If we are successful in a class action lawsuit, I am hopeful their broadcasting license are revoked and conservative media and new media can take over and get the truth to the American people and the world.

2)To change/reform education we need more conservatives teaching, acting in leadership roles in the system from school boards, to the administration. We have let the liberals take control for far too long and they now not only control the education system and curriculum but our Universities where many vulnerable young minds are being taught to accept the liberal ideology, social justice, anti-capitalism, etc. Many are also taught antisemitism and this is another reason so many young support Gaza/Hamas rather than our ally Israel. They are not getting the truth and they are not learning from history and about true history, but a revised version of history distorted by the liberal/progressive/Marxists running our schools/universities.

I believe the distortions of the liberal media, voter fraud, [http://obamavoterfraud.com] illegal voters through Obama's backdoor amnesty/DREAM Act& foreign donations, as well as lack of photo ID laws allowed Obama to win re-election. Not to mention the brainwashed/misinformed voters who have been taught otherwise in our schools/universities. I know everyone can't home-school so homeschooling as an alternative can not be the only option.

We must take back our education system and not only improve the system, but control the message.

All of these things need to change before Conservative principles and the intentions of our founders will be fulfilled again. We have slowly been moving away from those traditional values&morals thanks to the corrupt/biased media and education system. Until we take those back we may never be able to win this fight without total destruction, but by then it might be too late to ever recover. I hope we can somehow do something now and before 2014 to change the message and take back control of the media and education system. Otherwise, we will be doomed to tyranny, the status of a third world country,militarily&economically, and the American Dream will be no more.

If you have other ideas and a way to organize with the tea party movement to pursue a class action lawsuit against the corrupt media or change our school system or otherwise, please share and contact me. Hopefully we can all work together to start a citizens action group that can take back our country without violence or the need for another civil war or declaration of independence.

Thanks for posting this and helping to raise others awareness of what is destroying our country.

Read about what inspired this post and the dire direction our country is heading:

".....Corporations do not exist to provide work, benefits and pensions for employees. The private sector is about the creation of wealth, not the creation of jobs. One begets the other, but without the former the latter simply cannot exist."

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littlebytesnews's insight:

Update: What America needs — if it is to survive in liberty — is a surge in citizen activism unlike anything our nation has ever before seen.

The success of such a grassroots movement will depend on how much individual citizens are willing to do their part to return our country to divinely-inspired principles of self-governance — those principles contained in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and those validated by common sense and biblical teachings.

If you feel you need to "wait for instructions," or otherwise depend on others — especially those in positions of leadership — to guide and assist you, our country will not survive these perilous times. You must act as though the future of our countrydepends on you alone, for in a very real sense it does. It depends on the creative, responsible, exemplary initiative of yourself and those you inspire to similar patriotism.

Here are suggestions for helping to make a difference in the future of our country.

Submit frequent letters to editors.

Testify at public hearings.

Hold regular gatherings in your home or community to discuss and promote the cause of liberty.

Volunteer to work in a political campaign, at any level, for any worthy purpose.

Widely distribute signs for a cause or a candidate.

Lead — or get involved in — a worthy petition drive.

Organize a rally, large or small, to publicize an urgent issue or cause.

Contact your local paper and offer to be interviewed regarding a public question or concern you have vital knowledge of.

Pick up the phone and share your views on talk radio — or if you have the skills and opportunity, create your own radio or internet talk show.

Create a blog.

Found a website.

Write and publish a regular column — or even a book.

Get actively involved in a major (or possibly a "third") political party in your state or the nation.

Run for local — or higher — public office.

Sign the Pledge for America's Revival — and invite others to do the same.

Participate in RenewAmerica’s Facebook page (and also America’s Revival’s Facebook page) — and support similar interactive forums on the web.

Help organize your state or local area in the cause of taking back our country.

Inform yourself. "Zeal without knowledge" (see Rom. 10:2-3) will not save our country. Become acquainted with reliable, principled websites, blogs, publications, books, speakers, organizations, and other praiseworthy sources for information regarding the needs of our country and the solutions to those needs. Sign up to receive helpful newsletters and alerts.

A good place to start informing yourself would be to study essential documentsthat describe our nation's founding principles.

Work on your "people skills." By this, we mean your ability to strengthen and influence others for good — so they might be persuaded to take independent action — not your ability to "use" others for your own ends, as some might think. Respect the worth, dignity, and free will of each individual as you seek to assist them in fulfilling their duty as citizens.

Work on your communicative skills. "Politics is communication," to a large extent. Become the kind of communicator God can use for His purposes. Meaningful communication requires practice, experience, wisdom, and the operation of God's Spirit in effectively informing real people in real situations. This applies equally to both spoken and written communication.

Turn your skills and resources mainly to saving our country — above any other purpose beyond your own salvation and the well-being of your family — and rely on God to give you the practical means to do so.

Los Angeles police called off an intense 8-hour manhunt Monday morning that began after two officers were ambushed in an “unprovoked attack” in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of South L.A. the previous night.

A massive manhunt was underway in South LA in the early morning hours of Dec. 29, 2014, after two officers were fired upon the previous night. (Credit: KTLA) The officers from the LAPD’s 77th Division were responding to an unrelated radio call Sunday around 9:30 p.m. on Hoover Street near 66th Street (map) when two men allegedly opened fire on their patrol car, according to Los Angeles Police Department Detective Megan Aguilar.

Several rounds were shot in the direction of the officers, LAPD Capt. Lillian Carranza said.

“This was a completely unprovoked attack,” she added.

One of the officers returned fire toward the alleged gunmen, but it was not immediately clear whether either was hit.

Neither officer was injured.

Police detained one man and recovered a weapon at the scene, Aguilar said, declining to specify what type of firearm was found. She later clarified that he had not been arrested.

Police have not released the name of the person they had in custody. He was described only as a “person of interest,” according to Aguilar.

In the wake of the shooting, LAPD went on tactical alert and initiated a massive manhunt for the second shooter.

2 officers were responding to a call from their radio when 2 men opened fire on them. The police shot back but no one was hit. An 18 year old is in custody and said to be a suspect. A manhunt was conducted to find the second man but it was unsuccessful.

This makes me so incredibly mad because all of these young, stupid people think they know exactly what's going on. There is racism between blacks and whites, and there is racism between everyone and police officers representing their own color, blue. RIP the officers who were shot in NY.

This article is a reminder of how dangerous a career in Law Enforcement can be, in Law Enforcement anybody can try to kill or hurt you. You have to be aware of your surroundings 24/7 even when you are off duty. The mindset that police officers have is that serving their community is more important than their own personal safety.

HANDOUT James Crudup, 44, is wanted for attempted murder, police said. A New Jersey man is on the run after choking his girlfriend and running her over with his car repeatedly at a gas station Sunday, police said.

James Crudup, 44, of Toms River, is wanted for attempted murder.

Crudup and his girlfriend began arguing as they pulled into a Hess station on Route 37 after midnight, Toms River police said.

After getting out of his sports utility vehicle, Crudup threw his 35-year-old girlfriend to the ground and choked her, police said.

She ran toward the gas pumps as Crudup got back into his car, authorities said. He reversed his car and headed toward her.

A gas attendant tried to push her out of the way, but the girlfriend got trapped between the bumper and a pump.

Crudup pulled away as the woman fell to the ground, police said. He drove back and ran over the woman's legs, authorities said.

littlebytesnews's insight:

He's still on the run...

Crudup then fled westbound on Route 37 in his brown 2000 Dodge Durango, according to authorities.Police ask anyone with information on 5-foot-10 Crudup to call 911. He is also wanted on motor vehicle violations, police said. His bail has been set at $500,000.

Sniper shoots at Florida deputies three times after ambushing them in their squad car ...after 'shoot cop' graffiti appearsThe shooting took place at approximately 3:30am in a Dade City, Florida, church parking lot, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office saidThe deputies were shot at while they were keeping an eye on traffic in two different patrol carsBoth deputies survived the shooting unharmedThe shooting comes after deputies asked the public for help in connection with a graffiti message that spelled 'Shoot MP Cop'

More:Authorities have asked the public for help after two deputies in Dade City, Florida, were reportedly shot at three times on Sunday.

The shooting took place at approximately 3:30am in the Northside Baptist Church parking lot, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said in a release.

The news comes one week after NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot and killed in broad daylight. Police officer Charlie Kondek was also shot and killed in Tarpon Springs, Florida, last Sunday.

The Dade City shooting also comes after the Pasco County Sheriff's Office asked for help from the public on Friday in connection with a graffiti message that spelled 'Shoot MP Cop.'

Shooting: The shooting took place at approximately 3:30am in the Northside Baptist Church parking lot, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office

Each Pasco County deputy was keeping an eye on traffic in a nearby intersection, the sheriff's office said. They were in two different patrol cars at the time.

The deputies were shot at three times, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. Both deputies survived the shooting unharmed.

The release said that 'Both deputies reported hearing the whizzing sound of each projectile as they flew by.

'Deputies did not see the suspect or the vehicle from which the shots were fired.

'Area residents also heard the three gunshots and reported seeing a small, dark-colored vehicle with tinted windows in the area at the time of the shooting.'

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office says $3,000 is being offered for tips.

It also says that information can be submitted several ways: by dialing 1-800-873-TIPS, going to www.crimestoppersTB.com, and also by texting 274637 'CSTB and your tip.'

littlebytesnews's insight:

Thankfully the police were unharmed, hopefully they catch whoever attempted to assassinate them.

Fights erupted at a mall in Pennsylvania, Scaramento, and Missouri Monroeville, Pennsylvania Police Chief K. Douglas Cole says at least two people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuriesThe Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento closed more than an hour early because of repeated fights at the food court among a group of over 20 peoplePolice barricaded a mall in Missouri after fights started

Authorities say several fights broke out among hundreds of teens who packed a western Pennsylvania shopping center, forcing it to close early and it seems to be a trend cutting across malls in America.

Several altercations erupted on Friday evening at the Monroeville Mall.

An off-duty Texas cop and his girlfriend were ambushed, beaten and robbed after a Christmas night car crash, authorities said.

The 29-year-old Galena Park officer was driving home about 11 p.m. on Thursday from a holiday party when he smacked into a black Infiniti sedan crossing the roadway, according to media reports.

The officer claims he followed the car to a nearby apartment complex where a red Humvee pulled up to meet them, KHOU 11 reported.

Four Hispanic men hopped out of the SUV and allegedly clobbered the cop and his girlfriend, police said. The assailants snatched the officer’s wallet, cell phone and a pistol that slipped out of his waistband during the struggle, the station reported.

littlebytesnews's insight:

I wonder if it was a planned ambush?? Thankfully they weren't critically injured and the weapon was recovered. Hopefully they catch the men responsible for the assault. I wonder if they were illegal immigrants and likely escaped back into Mexico?

UPDATE: Arden Fair mall is closing two hours early as the result of a disturbance at the mall. “Seperate skirmishes” involving teens occurred in the mall on Friday evening, prompting the need for the shutdown, mall security spokesman Steve Reed said. He says the move is precautionary and is meant to prevent an incident similar to the one two years ago. A group of juveniles went through the mall knocking over signs on this day in 2012. Some shoppers misinterpreted the sounds of the signs hitting the floor as gunshots, and portions of the mall were put under lockdown. Traffic controls are in place to help mall shoppers have an easier time getting out. The mall would typically close at 10 p.m. on Friday. —–

littlebytesnews's insight:

Seems like the mall violence was planned across the country tonight, there have been fights and other reports of violence in several US malls tonight:Police respond to large group of teens fighting at Independence, Mo., shopping mall - @41ActionNew...http://t.co/q8FFtNQgSs

The police officer has come to embody America, abroad and at home, the nation that risks its lives to free peoples only to be despised for it, the nation that extends every benefit and privilege to its own criminals only to be shot and stabbed, raped and robbed for its endless generosity.

The American police officer was never supposed to be venturing into neighborhoods where no one speaks English and the locals see him as a member of an occupying army or patrolling in communities where gang members number in the thousands and could take down the entire local police force.

He was never supposed to be a social worker, a mediator, a medic and the commander of an invading army negotiating truces and treaties with the local tribes. And yet he is expected to be all these things and more. Every time he goes out he knows that he may face a choice between his life and his career.

If cops seem touchy, isolated or out of control it’s because they have been left hanging by a system that uses them to dam up the breakdown of a society without ever acknowledging that this is their job. Many urban police officers operate in environments where crime is not an aberration, but the norm. Like the American soldier, the police officer is better trained and more effective than ever before, but like the soldier he is also haunted by the sense that his work and his sacrifices are futile and unappreciated.

The police officer isn’t spending years in Iraq or Afghanistan; he’s spending decades in Chiraq. When his time ends, there will be no victory parades. Just the knowledge that he tried to make a difference and that unlike many brother officers, at least he made it to retirement.

Officer Daryl Pierson was shot and killed leaving behind a wife and two young children. Pierson had been an experienced officer. His killer, Thomas Johnson III, had been paroled after serving three years for an attempted armed robbery.

Officer Justin Winebrenner tried to get Kenan Ivery to leave a bar. Ivery drew a gun and shot and killed him. Officer Winebrenner was a second generation police officer. He left behind a 4-year-old daughter.

Officer Perry Renn responded to shots being fired and encountered Major Davis Jr. who was carrying a semi-automatic rifle. Davis Jr. had an extensive criminal record. He fired killing Officer Renn who had survived twenty-two years on the force.

Patrolman Jeffery Westerfield responded to a fight between Carl Le’Ellis Blount Jr. and his girlfriend. He never even got a chance to draw his gun or leave his squad car before Blount shot him in the head.

Deputy Sheriff Allen Bares was off duty when he saw a gold Lexus crash into a ditch. He approached the vehicle and was shot and killed. The two men inside, Quintylan Richard and Baylon Taylor, stole his truck and took off.

The police officers in all these cases were white. Their killers were black. But the police officers in many of these cases were trying to protect black people and black communities.

The killings all took place in a matter of months in 2014. And their numbers will only continue to grow.

While the wars abroad expand or contract, this is the war that will go on. Its soldiers will serve their tours of duty for decades on the streets of our own cities without having anywhere else to go home to. And when their time is up, they will never receive the thanks that they deserve because most of us will never understand the difference that they made.

When the left took over, it was the police officer who kept everything from going under in our major cities. It was not the politician or the planner, the sociologist or the social worker who kept the crime and chaos from sweeping everything away. It was the man in blue who did what had to be done.

Under Obama, when the criminal is king and the progressive planners are changing the country in ways unprecedented since the seventies, it’s still the lonely figure in the squad car that does his duty and holds the line in a thousand dark and dirty neighborhoods where gunshots and screams sound in the night. The American police officer has become the soldier of civilization fighting to keep it alive.

And somewhere a family wonders if their father or mother will come home tonight.

littlebytesnews's insight:

I'm sure the cop haters will hate this headline and article which honors the heroes who risk their lives each day protecting and serving, even those who hate them.

The high cost of President Barack Obama's executive action in granting amnesty from deportation for as many as 5 million illegal aliens is beginning to be revealed — for openers, 1,000 new federal employees to process them, at $40 million in salaries per year, and a newly signed $7.8 million annual lease for office space in a new building in Crystal City, Virginia.

The Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is hiring people for jobs ranging in salary up to $157,000 a year, Fox News Latino reported.

The Washington Times noted that hiring for the new positions was posted just 10 days after Nov. 20, when Obama announced his unilateral executive action, indicating that plans for the hiring were well in place before the announcement.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, reacted with anger, stating the new office building and hiring are "a clear symbol of the president’s defiance of the American people, their laws and their Constitution," The Washington Post reported.

Sessions added that Obama is "hiring federal employees to carry out a directive that violates the laws Congress has passed in order to foist on the nation laws Congress has repeatedly refused to pass," the Post said.

However, because up to 95 percent of USCIS funding comes from fees immigrants pay, the Post noted that Congress likely will not be able to override the expenditures by cutting off funding when a Republican majority takes over in January.

In an internal email to employees, the USCIS stated it was "taking steps to open a new operational center in Crystal City, a neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, to accommodate about 1,000 full-time, permanent federal and contract employees in a variety of positions and grade levels.

"The initial workload will include cases filed as a result of the executive actions on immigration announced on Nov. 20, 2014," the Times reported.

littlebytesnews's insight:

Obama's an enemy of the US. He is not securing our borders, not enforcing our laws and has lost respect of the people, law enforcement and the military.

Heartbroken family of slain NYPD officer Rafael Ramos arrive at his wake as thousands cops are expected to attendOn Friday, crowds gathered in Glendale, Queens for a wake for one of the two officers killed on Saturday, 40-year-old father-of-two Rafael RamosRamos was working with fellow officer Wenjian Liu in Brooklyn last weekend when they were shot execution-style by a gunmanAfter the wake, a memorial service will be held for Ramos at 7pm Vice President Joe Biden and city and state officials are expected to attend Ramos' funeral on Saturday.

Rafael Ramos' heartbroken family have gathered at a church in Queens to remember the New York police officer nearly a week after he was shot dead while on duty.

The 40-year-old police officer's wife, Maritza, and two teenage sons entered Christ Tabernacle Church in Glendale on Friday afternoon as thousands of cops lined the streets.

Crowds also gathered as Ramos' casket - draped in an NYPD flag - was carried into the church by officers. Some officers stood in a line and saluted, while others embraced each other for support.

The wake started at 2pm and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is expected to pay his respects at 4pm. On Saturday, Vice President Joe Biden and city and state officials will gather for his funeral.

'Today we weep with the Ramos family, the New York Police Department and the nation as we mourn the loss of our dear brother,' The Rev. Ralph Pastor Castillo outside the church. 'He was a gift to our church.'

Ramos was shot dead execution-style alongside fellow police officer Wenjian Liu as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn on Saturday. The gunman then ran into the subway where he killed himself.

Before the killings, shooter Ismaaiyl Brinsley, had posted online that he was going to put 'wings on pigs' to avenge the deaths of two black males - Michael Brown and Eric Garner - at the hands of white police officers.

Ramos had celebrated turning 40 a week before his death. He had been on the force for two years and was raising two boys, Justin and Jaden, with his wife Martiza, whom he married in 1993.

He was due to graduate from the police chaplaincy's program on Saturday afternoon - just hours after he was killed.

littlebytesnews's insight:

Sad day in NYC as Officer Ramos is memorialized and laid to rest. In the meantime the self serving, cop hating communists, anarchists, atheists, and Islamists are still planning protests in defense of cop killing thugs and criminals.

Merry Christmas everyone! I had planned to post this sooner but life got too busy just before Christmas...as the day comes to an end I thought I'd take the time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I hope all your Christmas wishes came true and you have a safe and enjoyable weekend with friends and family nearby.

With all the negativity in the news against our law enforcement lately, I wanted to share this great video of the Lowell Police Dept in Lowell, Michigan.

A group of Florida men have been arrested after abducting a teen girl, then feeding her drugs, and forcing her to commit disgusting acts.

According to NBCMiami, seven men were arrested and charged for abducting the 16-year-old girl on December 4, then feeding her a combination of drugs and forcing her into a week of sexual acts and prostitution, at times with more than one man at once, police said.

The State’s Attorney’s office and the Miami-Dade School Board Police said the girl was reported missing by her family after being last seen getting into a black Ford Taurus with three other people. It’s not known whether she knew the people in the car, but authorities said the grotesque sex acts began shortly after.

Local10 reports that the girl was given a combination of cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol, then forced to engage in sexual acts in various locations around Miami-Dade County with over 16 different men throughout the course of a week. Police said that on two occasions, she was forced into having sex with up to eight men at the same time.

Two NY Cops Murdered While Sitting In Their Car By A.... Jihadist? Racebaiting Obama on golf course and can't be reached for comment! Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley Killed His Girlfriend In Baltimore, Before Killing 2 Cops In NYC http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Two-New-York-police-officers-s…;

The Man Who Just Murdered Two Police Officers In Brooklyn Is A Muslim Jihadisthttp://shoebat.com/…/man-just-murdered-two-police-officers…/ ;I hope Obama, Holder, Sharpton and De Blasio are now happy! After all of this continuous racebaiting and publicly labeling some cops as racist and taking the side of criminals, these 4 miscreants of race... now have more blood on their hands! Just like Fast and Furious and Benghazi, You own every bit of this! Now you can explain to the families of these two cops why you've spent the last few months dividing this country even more on the grounds of race and pouring gas on an already huge fire that you've let burn out of control.Gee, will these 4 Marx Brothers lead protests on behalf of the dead cops? Will the Vacation In Chief have the families of the dead cops to the White Kremlin for a summit of support? Will the corrupt and racebaiting Holder give interviews about how he's caused this to happen with all of support for criminals and his endless attacks on police departments? I guarantee they won't!Congratulations to Barack Hussein Obama, Al Sharpton, Eric Holder, Bill De Blasio, and most of all the media that put and keeps them in positions of power. Hats off to every glassy-eyed liberal foot soldier who has dutifully chanted, “Hands up don’t shoot,” “I can’t breathe,” or “What do we want? Dead Cops!” Their agitating has produced the results they were afterPlease pray for these cops and their families.After Killing Of NYPD Officers, Thousands Angrily Say De Blasio, Sharpton And Obama Are Responsiblehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/…/Bill-Blasio-charged-murder-Hun…; ;De Blasio To Police: “We’re All In This Together”. Police Response? “No, We’re Not”, Turn Their Back On Him... http://nypost.com/…/2-nypd-cops-shot-execution-style-in-br…/ ;NYPD PBA President Says: De Blasio “Thinks He’s Running A F**king Revolution”http://nypost.com/…/de-blasio-thinks-hes-running-a-f-king-…/ ;Al Sharpton On NYPD Killings: I Never Encouraged Violence.. Too late, you own it!http://www.opposingviews.com/…/al-sharpton-releases-stateme…;

Last Week, Al Sharpton NYC Millions March Chanted: “Shoot Back! What Do We Want? Dead Cops! When Do We Want It? Now!” http://youtu.be/dj4ARsxrZh8Cop Killer Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley Sold Shirts Encouraging Killing George Zimmerman..https://m.facebook.com/photo.php…;

Assassin Who Killed Two NYPD Officers Identified As 28 Yr Old Black Male Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley, Threatened To Kill Cops In “Revenge” For Garner, Brown…Thought To Be Part Of ‘Black Guerilla Family’http://heavy.com/…/ismail-brinsley-nypd-brooklyn-bed-stuy…/…;

littlebytesnews's insight:

Disgusting! Pisses me off how divided our country has become since Obama was elected.....God help us!!

More:

ISIS Manifesto in September which calls for Muslims in the US and abroad to kill Americans. http://ht.ly/GeveK

//cop killer a jihadist?

another video of Ferguson Muslim activist telling police that neither them nor their children will ever be safehttp://ht.ly/GevvD

May you have a healthy and prosperous new year! I don't know what the new year has in store, but as you may have noticed I have taken some time away from blogging and am going to reduce my time on social media this year. I hope to find a new path in life this year, perhaps a job outside the home. I don't know for sure yet, but hopefully I can find a better balance between home,family and my life online. Have a great year and stay in touch!

littlebytesnews's insight:

Thanks for your support throughout the years and for all the follows and reshares of my posts here, on Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus. I'll check in from time to time, at least a few times a week rather than everyday on Twitter @littlebytesnews or elsewhere. Take care!

Thanks for your support throughout the years and for all the follows and reshares of my posts here, on Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus. I'll check in from time to time, at least a few times a week rather than everyday on Twitter @littlebytesnews or elsewhere. Take care!

Thanks for your support throughout the years and for all the follows and reshares of my posts here, on Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus. I'll check in from time to time, at least a few times a week rather than everyday on Twitter @littlebytesnews or elsewhere. Take care!

Thanks for your support throughout the years and for all the follows and reshares of my posts here, on Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus. I'll check in from time to time, at least a few times a week rather than everyday on Twitter @littlebytesnews or elsewhere. Take care!

A female healthcare worker who returned to Glasgow from Sierra Leone last night has been confirmed as having Ebola.

They returned to Scotland via Casablanca and London Heathrow, arriving into Glasgow Airport on a British Airways flight at around 11.30pm.

The patient was admitted to hospital early this morning after feeling unwell and was placed into isolation at 7.50am.

The individual has been isolated and is receiving treatment in the specialist Brownlee Unit for Infectious Diseases on the Gartnavel Hospital campus, but will be taken to the Royal Free Hospital in London imminently.

Anyone who is at risk through contact with the patient is to be contacted and closely monitored.

littlebytesnews's insight:

Anyone who was on the Heathrow to Glasgow flight last night is asked to call 08000 858531

Is 1933 Happening All Over Again? Based on a true story in Hungary. This is the lesson of the Jewish People. A nation that doesn’t learn from it’s past, has no future. But it should be something for all nations to learn from. What led this to happen and how can we prevent it from happening in the future? We must learn about what happened and educate others. The more that is known, the more we ensure a better world for ourselves and our children.

littlebytesnews's insight:

Must watch video,click the image to the video....heartbreaking to think we are on the verge of another genocide...against Jews, Christians and others who do not submit to Islam...

Horrific to think this kind of evil and hate is occurring again today in the name of Islam,yet people are too blind to see it and afraid to admit Islam is not a religion of peace.

An AirAsia flight from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic controllers, according to local media. Transport Ministry official Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, flight number QZ 8501, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6.17am local time. He said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact. An Indonesian transport official confirmed the plane was an Airbus 320-200 and that seven crew and 155 passengers were on board. Ttransport ministry spokesman JA Barata said the plane A statement on AirAsia's Facebook page said: "AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 0724hrs this morning. "At the present time we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board, but we will keep all parties informed as more information becomes available. "The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. At this time, search and rescue operations are in progress and AirAsia is cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service." The airline has set up an emergency call centre for family or friends of those who may have been on board the aircraft. The number is: +622129850801.

littlebytesnews's insight:

Uh oh, hope it doesn't turn into another Malaysia Air missing plane incident or a terror/suicide mission??

Festive Season's Greetings to my fellow Christians, Jews, Buddhist, Hindus, Sikhs, Infidels, Kuffars, Dhimmis, Apostasies, Pagans, Traitors, Atheists, Heathens and Free people everywhere and anyone else who doesn't buy into the whole farce that the so called, self proclaimed perfect man was actually a prophet by any means, especially considering the fact that this so called perfect man did a lot of stealing, robbing, raping and lying and said it was ok, because his version of God said it was ok to do so! And so they don't feel left out... A warm and cuddly, non-Christmas As-Salam Alaykum to the those who actually buy into the perfect man's nonsense!

Alrighty infidels, let's get the Holiday party started, With the Top Six Islamic Headlines / Pictures of the Week....

1. Islamic State: “Merry Christmas, you infidels!”....Merry Christmas from The Religion of Peace, well sort of. This image is Season's Greeting comes to you courtesy of the people who perform actual beheadings (as if they couldn't get any creepier). Celebrating Christmas is viewed as heresy or even blasphemy in Islam, which is punishable by death under Sharia law by some Islamists. Muslims believe that Christianity contradicts the singularity of God by believing that Jesus was the Son of God, instead of limiting him to an admirable prophet.” http://10news.dk/islamic-state-merry-christmas-you-infidel…/ ;

2. France Hit by Third Islamic Terrorism Attack in Three Days...Dozens of people were injured Monday, five seriously, when the Muslim driver of a van ploughed into a Christmas market in the western French city of Nantes before stabbing himself. The source said the driver then stabbed himself “at least nine times”, causing himself serious injuries. Some witnesses stated that they heard him shouting Islamic battle cry – “Allahu Akbar.“ http://www.i24news.tv/…/55306-141222-france-man-plows-into-…; ;

3. Denmark: Gang Of Somali Muslim Savages Brutalize Danish Couple With Bottles and Iron Chain....The couple from Vesterbro in Copenhagen was on their way home from Christmas Eve. The couple was walking along around Enghaveplads (Copenhagen area known for roaming packs of Muslims) when a young guy came cycling. He was only 16-17 years, but seemed very confrontational.‘What do you want? Do you have a problem‘, he asked us several times and got off his bike, Nanna says. Nanna describes how the youth hits Mads (her boyfriend) in the head with a glass bottle. Suddenly more youths come up from a basement. They are armed with iron chains, the kind that is uses for locking scooters and motorcycles. They attack Mads. He defends himself, while punches and kicks rain down on him, and soon he falls to the ground. She was knocked to the ground also and had her face beaten with the iron chains. Thereafter, the youths ran away. … Nanna was hit directly in the face with chains and among other things she has lost a tooth and received a split lip. … Nanna describes the perpetrators as Somali Muslims. http://10news.dk/denmark-muslims-beat-random-couple-with-b…/ ;

5. Two New Videos Showing The Latest Nigerian Massacres by Boko Haram Islamo Nazis...Boko Haram’s 2014 jihad Official Numbers: 9,000 killed, 1.5 million displaced! A new video from Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down in a dorm, and a leader saying they are being killed because they are ‘infidels’ or non-believers. There are so many corpses the gunmen have difficulty stepping to reach bodies still twitching with life. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=115_1418995992

6. An 11-year-old Israeli Girl Seriously Burned Over 50% of Her Body after Firebomb Attack on Car by Muslims..A young Israeli girl (Ayala Shapira), and her father were wounded (she with 3rd degree burns, he with minor burns) Thursday after the car in which they were traveling in Judea-Samaria was hit by a firebomb from Muslim savages, only a month after her mother escaped a similar attack in the same area. http://www.frontpagemag.com/…/11-year-old-israeli-girl-bur…/ ;

Well now, no surprises there! Just another typical week in the world of Islam. Funny how there isn't stories like these coming from Christians, Jews, Buddhist, Hindus or Sikhs, but at any given hour on any single day, there's tons of these coming from the followers of Muhammad! Yet, the left continues to tell everyone that "We" ...must Coexist with these savages or "We're" ...Intolerant! Confused? Join the club!

Alright then, let's move on to the Kill Report for this past week, as Non Believers try pointlessly to exist or survive with the Believers and their stuck in their backwards convert em' or kill em' all mentality!

Weekly Jihad Kill Report For The Week Of December 13 To December 19

Jihad Attacks:54

Allahu Akbars (Suicide Attacks):6

Dead Bodies:857

Critically Injured:466

UnHoly Hadith and Suffering Sira!!! Coming in with a bullet.. and a sword....and a bomb... Muhammad's children win yet again! Because, No one eliminates non-believers from the face of the infidel planet like the followers of the "Religion of Peace!" Sorry for pointing out the obvious. Well.... not really, it's just common sense for which I apologize not!

Ok, let's check out the Islamic headlines from around the globe over the past week, shall we?

Alright, alright! That's enough Islamic nonsense for one week! It's Christmas for Pete's sake, how much does one need of Islamic torture? And believe me, when it comes to torture, no one does it better than Islam! So, time to say goodbye for this week infidels, but I can assure you, that cometh next week, there shall be a lot more craziness, killings, beheadings and all kinds of mischief from Allah's children! So, until we meet again, keep your infidel heads attached to your bodies non believers and .... Wa alaikum assalam to those of you followers of the Moon God, creeping around and lurking behind bushes, trees and rocks, We've got lots of eyes on you!

littlebytesnews's insight:

Thanks to Steve Russo for putting this report together each week. He always does a great job rounding up some of the greatest atrocities done in the name of Islam. Such a disgusting death cult, may they all be eradicated from this world someday soon.

After a months-long hiatus, a special immigration program designed to attract recruits with certain skills will be up and running once more in the next several weeks. Attorney Margaret Stock, an immigration lawyer and retired Army lieutenant colonel, said on Monday that the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest, or MAVNI, program could resume before the end of the year, but certainly in January. There has not yet been an announcement from the Defense Department. "I heard about it from some folks at the Pentagon. There's no public USAREC [U.S. Army Recruiting Command] message yet," Stock said. The program stalled in late September after President Obama's executive order on immigration opened up MAVNI to undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. According to Stock, the Defense Department is now on track to resume processing applications under MAVNI. "DoD has set the overall fiscal year quota for MAVNI at 1,500, and the Army has been allocated 1,300 slots for now," Stock wrote on the blog for Alaska-based law firm, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group. She does not know if the other services will utilize the program, noting that in 2013 the Air Force recruited only two people under MAVNI, both enlisted and brought in for their language skills. The Navy recruited one doctor under the program in 2009, when it began.

U.S. President Obama is the chief culprit who forced the Sony Pictures Entertainment to "indiscriminately distribute" the movie and took the lead in appeasing and blackmailing cinema houses and theatres in the U.S. mainland to distribute the movie.Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest. When the Sony Pictures Entertainment made public a statement that it would give up the distribution of the movie, frightened by the merciless retaliatory strike, Obama urged it to unconditionally screen the movie, claiming that the disgrace suffered by Sony Pictures Entertainment means sorrow of the U.S., why did it issue such a statement as holding a white flag without informing the president of it?, it is the violation of the freedom of expression and a threat to the security of the U.S. and it is necessary to make symmetric counteraction, considering the hacking attack was made by "north Korea", though it is not clear who was behind it, the statement said, and went on:Dancing to the tune of Obama's outbursts, Kerry, McCain, Bolton and other wicked conservative politicians zealously prodded the Sony Pictures Entertainment into distributing the movie, blustering who else but "north Korea" caused property losses worth hundreds of millions of dollars to it.If the U.S. is to persistently insist that the hacking attack was made by the DPRK, the U.S. should produce evidence without fail, though belatedly.If the U.S. cannot open to public evidence due to "protection of sensitive information source" as expressed by the FBI, the U.S. may conduct a joint investigation with the DPRK in camera.However, the U.S. is behaving recklessly, trumpeting about "symmetric counteraction", "combination of invisible sanctions and visible sanctions" and "re-designation of sponsor of terrorism" while linking the hacking attack with the DPRK without clear evidence and sure ground.In actuality, the U.S., a big country, started disturbing the internet operation of major media of the DPRK, not knowing shame like children playing a tag.We had already warned the U.S. not act like beating air after being hit hard by others.Of course, we do not expect the gangsters to pay heed to our warnings.When the public is becoming increasingly vocal about the hacking attack on the DPRK media this time, the U.S. feigned ignorance, saying that they should ask "north Korea" and the U.S. neither admits nor denies.The prevailing situation clearly shows that the U.S. is adding to its crimes by screening the movie "The Interview."With no rhetoric can the U.S. justify the screening and distribution of the movie.This is because "The Interview" is an illegal, dishonest and reactionary movie quite contrary to the UN Charter, which regards respect for sovereignty, non-interference in internal affairs and protection of human rights as a legal keynote, and international laws.It is also because it is a new politically-motivated provocation made by the U.S., pursuant to its hostile policy toward the DPRK as it is a movie for agitating terrorism produced with high-ranking politicians of the U.S. administration involved.This is the reason why the world is branding "The Interview" as a typical product of the U.S. anachronistic act of challenging not only the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK but also human justice and conscience and encroaching upon peace and security.The anti-U.S. sacred war at present precisely means protecting justice and peace.If the U.S. persists in American-style arrogant, high-handed and gangster-like arbitrary practices despite the repeated warnings of the DPRK, the U.S. should bear in mind that its failed political affairs will face inescapable deadly blows

littlebytesnews's insight:

LOL they are delusional but the line I thought was funny, which many will probably consider racist, is the one where they compare Obama to a reckless monkey in a tropical forest. But this isn't new for NK, as I believe they have compared Obama to a monkey previously.

After bringing a knife to a gun fight, Alfonso Martinez of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is alive today only because the cops, afraid for their own lives, were more afraid that shooting him would cause civil unrest.

It all started December 1st when neighbors asked Milwaukee, Wisconsin police to check to see if their neighbors were OK. According to the Journal Sentinel, things went from zero-to-crazy the moment officers met the butcher knife-wielding man, who began chasing and threatening to kill them:

Martinez began chasing the officers around parked vehicles as they yelled at him to drop the knife, and one of the officers even indicated that she was “beginning to wear out from the running,” before Martinez finally dropped the knife and was arrested. The responding officers say politics made them pause. As the Journal Sentinel reported:

Both officers indicated that they were thinking about the recent incidents locally and nationally at the time of this incident.

littlebytesnews's insight:

Not good, political correctness and intimidation will get cops killed and endanger innocent civilians. Next time it could be an unarmed victim being threatened with a knife or gun wielding suspect and the cops will be too afraid to respond?

In recent weeks, police officers have been nationally ridiculed. We have been called racists, pigs and murderers. Recently there have been national protests calling for "dead cops."

Wow ... it's time for a cop to respond.

For nearly 10 years, I have seen cops be heroes, mentors and lifesavers. I have seen them put the lives of citizens before their own every single day. I have seen them sacrifice time with their families to work overtime to help ensure the safety of citizens. I have seen them cry tears for complete strangers.

And we all have seen cops protecting the very protesters who call them pigs and killers and call for dead cops. Think about that for a second. Again, wow.

I'm sorry that some people can't see police officers as human beings who willingly risk it all for strangers every single day. People like that are few and far between.

I have never been more proud to call myself a police officer because I know what we are really all about. When people ask why anyone would want to become a cop, my answer is when you wear this uniform, you get a front row seat to see what amazing people most cops are and it's then that you realize they truly are the finest.

Thoughts and prayers go out to the NYPD. I honor you, brothers and sisters.

A group of retired and current NYPD officers say they flew a banner along the Hudson River Friday that said "de Blasio, our backs have turned to you" in protest of the mayor's policies toward the department. The small banner, which traveled up and down the Hudson River Friday morning, was paid for by officers upset over what they called "the mayor’s incendiary rhetoric, and for facilitating the current hostile climate towards the NYPD."

littlebytesnews's insight:

He has lost all respect and trust of law enforcement. If DeBlasio had any decency he'd step down, but like Obama who has lost all respect by our military at 15% approval, he won't step down. Democrats put them before country and others.

A Tarpon Springs police officer with a wife and six children was shot and killed early Sunday while responding to a nuisance noise call, police said.

Officer Charles “Charlie” Kondek, 45, was shot around 2 a.m. near Glen’s Eureka Apartments by Marco Antonio Parilla Jr., 23, who was released from prison in March, said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri.

Parilla, who was wanted for a probation violation, had been knocking on doors in the apartment complex at 199 Grand Blvd., looking for a person who he believed got him into recent trouble with law enforcement, Gualtieri said.

A woman who Parilla arrived with in a Hyundai Elantra stayed in the car with the stereo turned up. When a resident asked her to turn down the volume, she refused and the resident called police.

When Kondek arrived, he approached the Hyundai. When Parilla saw Kondek he started firing at him with a 40-caliber handgun, Gualtieri said.

Kondek was able to return two shots, investigators said. As Parilla drove away from the scene, he backed over Kondek, investigators said.

Gualtieri said Kondek, a former New York City police officer, was killed by a gunshot that struck his neck area, just above his protective vest. Tarpon Springs police and fire rescue tried to resuscitate Kondek but he died later at Florida Hospital North Pinellas.

littlebytesnews's insight:

So sad, what's worse is people will likely celebrate his death like they are celebrating the murders of two police officers in NYC.

He had a history of arrests and was in violation of his probation and claims he shot the cop because he felt like a 'caged rat'. Well now he will be a caged rat hopefully for the rest of his life for what he did to this officer and his family.

"The two officers were pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital, where their colleagues and family members huddled tearfully. City Council President Melissa Mark-Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio were less than welcome guests at the poignant gathering. “We’re all in this together,” the mayor told grieving cops, according to a cop who was there.

“No we're not,” one officer said tersely in response." -Taken from today's New York Post

I cannot appropriately express either the grief for the families, the rage I have towards the killer, or the deep disappointment I harbor for the New York City Mayor and the self-absorbed frauds he surrounds himself with, with words powerful enough to soothe my emotions. The attached picture was sent to me by a former NYPD colleague of mine a little while ago. It is a warning sent out weeks ago to the officers of the NYPD about a credible threat to their lives.

As a child who grew up just miles down the same Myrtle Avenue Street where these two NYPD brothers in law enforcement were brutally assassinated on, just five days before Christmas, I understand the concerns of the citizens who live there. The death of any human being, whether at the hands of another citizen, or at the hands of law enforcement, is the death of a unique and invaluable collection of experiences we call a life. But, instead of a rational, dignified conversation about the very serious issues surrounding policing in modern America, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio chose to be a hustler. He chose to be a grotesque caricature of a leader, instead of a genuine leader and, in the process, he ratcheted up emotions by making specious correlations, he had no evidence to support, about the motives of the members of his own police department.

I spent most of my adult life in law enforcement. I spent most of my childhood on those New York City streets. Did I run into bad cops? Of course. Were bad cops the rule? Ridiculous. The cops I worked with had kids to feed, mortgages to pay, garbage cans to take out at night, homework to check, and a job where the possibility of never returning home was a black cloud that followed them overhead wherever they went. Just imagine for a moment walking into your office on Monday morning and finding the message below taped to your cubicle.

I ask you to join me tonight in asking The Lord to help the families of these heroic officers cope with the horror of their loss just five days before Christmas. I also ask you to join me in asking The Lord for men and women of character, on the many sides of this complicated and ongoing debate, to be given the strength and the platform to begin to heal this great nation from the damage imposed upon it by the hustlers among us who have profited handsomely from trafficking in division and hatred.

God bless America, and all those who defend her.

littlebytesnews's insight:

Again, sadly this is the result of the continuous media support of the Ferguson and Eric Garner protesters, along with Sharpton, Holder, Obama and DeBlasio who continued to fan the flames. They took the side of the thugs who were resisting arrest, assaulted cops or otherwise, instead of standing by our law enforcement.

We need true leadership in the White House and our cities before this civil unrest and violence continues. May these officers RIP and their families find peace and comfort during this difficult time and this time of year.

Eyewitness claims 'people were clapping and laughing' following the murder of two New York cops as Commissioner William Bratton says the officers were 'assassinated' Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner William Bratton gave a joint news conference following the murder of two police officers Saturday Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley, 28, shot his girlfriend in Baltimore then traveled to Brooklyn to kill police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos Bratton said the two officers were 'quote simply assassinated' Mayor de Blasio stated that this murder was an attack on all of New York as he said this is 'not a time for politics' Hundreds of officers lined the street at the Woodhull medical Center and silently saluted as the bodies of the two police officers were driven away Saturday evening

littlebytesnews's insight:

These are the people Obama has been supporting, along with Sharpton, Holder and other race baiters...disgusting, low lifes who stand up for thugs and against our law enforcement, CIA and military...anti-American haters!

More:

ISIS Manifesto in September which calls for Muslims in the US and abroad to kill Americans. http://ht.ly/GeveK

//cop killer a jihadist?

another video of Ferguson Muslim activist telling police that neither them nor their children will ever be safe http://ht.ly/GevvD

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